Loyalty. Interesting concept. I probably believed in it as I worked one of my jobs for 12.5 years until I got laid off. Mainly because I was a senior guy making a lot of money, on a high dollar health plan, and the parent company was getting ready to sell. Many, many years of experience were in the room with me, while who they kept was single people and/or those that were on their spouse's health care plan... That's OK, they had a generous severance plan, and it was probably one of the best things for my career.
Next job, 5 years, then another lay off, this was a start-up about a year before their sale finalized, and many weeks of working 60-80 hours to meet deadlines (that we never missed a single one, yet it took them almost 2 years to get the next release out after I was let go).
Employment (and that is what Paul is, an employee) is a mutual beneficial arrangement, the employee provides services in exchange for compensation. This lasts until one of the parties doesn't wish to continue anymore. Nothing more, nothing less. It isn't betrayal, it isn't a lack of loyalty, it isn't a lack of respect. It is business, and I think of all of the Pro disc golfers out there, Paul may be the one who most understands this fact.
Does this happen? No freaking idea, but there is an awful lot of smoke floating around about this.
I do think it could be worth it for Discraft to ship boat loads of cash to him, and I can see how Innova wouldn't feel it is worth it to them to match. I mean, it would be tough to turn down the McBeast Line by Discraft, Innova has zero need to do something like this.
